Car-post.



No. 649,|72. Patented May 8, |900.

G. B. MALTBY &. B. HASKELL.

' CARl POST.

(Application med Jan. 1900.)

(No Model.)

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GEORGE B. MALTBY AND BRODERICK IIASKELL, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHI- GAN;SAID MALTBY ASSIGNOR OF ONE-SIXTH TO SAID HASKELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,172, dated May 8,1900.

Application led January 20, 1900. Serial No. 2,123. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that we, GEORGE B. MALTBY and BRoDERIcK HAsKELL, of GrandRapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan', have invented acertain new and useful Imu provement in Oar-Posts, of which improvementthe following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a strong, light, andv durablepost for railroadcar frames or analogous structures which shall besimple and inexpensive in construction and aord proper and desirablefacilities for the attachment of other frame members and siding.

The improvement claimed is hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying draWings,Figure 1 is a view in elevation of acarhpost embodying our invention connected to other members of acar-frameg Fig. 2, a similar-view of the same as seen from the left ofFig. l; and Figs. 3, 4, and 5, transverse sections at the lines a a, Z1b, and c c, respectively, of Fig. l.

In the practice of our invention we provide a car-post which is formedof sheet or plate metal, preferably by being pressed or shaped in a dieor mold. The body l of the post is integral and `is made in U or channelshape in transverse section, its web being imperforate and standingoutwardly in the frame and its side members gradually diminishing indepth from its middle toward its ends in or der to impart greaterstiffness at its middlel portion. The ends of the post are iitted inrecesses in the adjacent sill 2 and side plate 4 of the car-frame andare secured thereto by vertical bolts 3, and the belt-rails 5 of theframe rest in recessed seats in the post. The channel form of the bodyenables it to be made light in weight, while being of ample strength toact as a verticalcar-frame member and a support to the belt-rails andsiding.

In order to provide suitable bearings for the belt-rails 5 of the frame,the metal of each of the side members of the body of the post is turnedoutwardly at suitable distances from its ends, so as to form pairs oflateral Wings 6 of channel-section, in which the beltrails are tted andto which they may be secured by bolts. The beltfrails will in practicebe made continuous from one corner-post to the other at each end of thecar and from each cornerpost to the adjacent door-post. Perforations 8are formed in the side members of the post to receive bolts, by whichwooden strips are secured to the side members, said strips beingprovided for nailing the siding-boards in position. Itis not essentialthat the wings or seats for the belt-rails should be provided in pairs,as in the instance shown, although such is the preferable construction,and they may, if desired, be formed only on one side vmember of the postor one on one side member and another on the other side member. Flanges9 are turned upon the side members of the post at each of its ends, saidiianges abutting against shoulders on the sills 2 and side plates 4,respectively, and serving to relieve the connecting-bolts 3 fromshearing strain.

Our improved car-post is readily and desirably applicable in car-framesof the ordinary standard types, in connection with which its advantagesin point of strength, lightness,

durability, and facility of making and maintaining connections will beapparent to those familiar with railroad-car construction.

We claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent*h l. Asheet or plate metal car-post having a body of U or channel section andlateral wings or seats for the support of belt-rails.

2. A sheet or plate metal carpost having a body of U or channel section,outwardly-em tending lateral Wings, of channel-section, for the supportof belt-rails, end iianges adapted to abut against a sill and a sideplate, respectively, and end perforations for the reception ofconnecting-bolts. A

3. In a car-frame, the combination of a side plate, a sill, sheet orplate met-al posts, of channel-section, tting at their ends in recessesin the side plate and sill, and having fianges abutting againstshoulders thereon, bolts connecting the posts to the side plate andsill, and belt-rails fitting in recessed seats in the posts.

' GEORGE B. MALTBY.

BRODERICK I-IASK'ELL. Witnesses:

ERNEST N. WELLnR, WILLIAM SMIT'roN,

